Best PlacesMaskell, NE Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Maskell, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Maskell ranks 18,858th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Maskell
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Maskell's strengths and weaknesses
Where Maskell ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 99% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 89% of towns
- QuietBetter than 88% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 87% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 121 pleasant days a year, better than 80% of towns
Where Maskell ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 5% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 22% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 22% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Maskell
A household needs to earn about $40,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Maskell home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,962, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Maskell's effective rate of 0.98%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Maskell
Maskell runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Maskell.
Who works in Maskell, and how
Work in Maskell centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Maskell
Maskell has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Maskell and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Maskell, month by month
Maskell sees roughly 121 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 31, with lows near 13. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31° | 21° | 13° |
| April | 61° | 47° | 37° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 65° |
| October | 64° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Maskell
The nearest airport, Sioux Gateway/Brig General Bud Day Field, is about 36 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Eppley Airfield, about 110 miles away.
The best schools in and around Maskell
Schools across Maskell average an A−, better than 89% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Akron Westfield Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Laurel-concord-coleridge Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Riverside Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Akron Westfield Middle SchoolA+ · 77% proficient
- West Middle SchoolA− · 54% proficient
- Laurel-concord-coleridge Middle SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Wynot High SchoolA · 75% proficient
- Akron Westfield Senior High SchoolA · 68% proficient
- West High SchoolB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Maskell school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Maskell measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Maskell against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Maskell
Is Maskell a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Maskell ranks 18,858th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, good schools, and quiet, and lowest on internet speeds and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Maskell expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $147,600. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $70,962 median income, cost of living beats 74% of towns.
Is Maskell safe?
Maskell is safer than 31% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $362 per resident a year.
Compare Maskell with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Maskell. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Maskell represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Maskell detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Maskell: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Maskell: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Maskell: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Maskell: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Maskell detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.